Skeletal System and Connective Tissue Flashcards
What are the four tissue types in the body?
Epitheleal Muscle Nervous Connective
What are the major connective tissues?
Bone, blood, fat, cartilage, ligaments, tendons
True or False: blood is a connective tissue
True
True or False: fat is a connective tissue
True
Cells that make the protein collagen
Chondrocytes
True or False: Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body and is found predominantly in the extracellular matrix
TRUE
Connect Bone to Bone
Ligament
Connect muscle to bone
Tendon
Which of the following is not a connective tissue: Muscle Blood Ligament Adipose
Muscle is not a connective tissue
Axial Skeleton
Skull, ribs, and spine, houses CNS
Appendicular Skeleton
Appendages
True or False: the epiphyseal plate is between the diaphysis and epiphysis
true
Freely movable joints that dont necessarily touch
Synovial
The bones of the skull are an example of this joint type
Fibrous
Compromise between synovial and fibrous joint
Cartilaginous joint eg discs